I made a Halloween Junebug dress for Hannah last week, which you can read about here. I wasn’t planning on making another Junebug dress in the near future, especially with more costume sewing to do, but I stumbled upon this print in the clearance section at Walmart. I almost resisted until I saw it was only $3 per yard! Couldn’t pass it up.

I love vintage feedsack prints and it was totally perfect for the classic/vintage look of the Junebug dress. And the piping and large buttons add even more vintage charm. Love it!

Our first fall in Nashville has been really great. I’m enjoying our new house and all of the fall related decorating, which you can read about here and here. I’m super excited about my Halloween sewing projects too. These dresses are the first on my to-do list with costumes to come very soon.

In this sweet sister pic, Hannah is wearing a Junebug dress and Katie is wearing a Sally dress. (I promise this is the last Sally Dress for awhile! As much as I LOVE that pattern, I’m starting to experience some Sally overload…)

While I’d love for you to be amazed at how productive I am in pumping out dresses, in all honesty, I sewed this Sally dress for Hannah last year. My mom sent me the fabric (I think it was from Joann’s?) but I didn’t know what to do with it. I wasn’t sure that it would work for a girl’s dress but I had just bought the Sally dress pattern and was itching to make one. I figured if it didn’t turn out, I just wouldn’t have Hannah wear it. But I LOVED it!

Here is a Hannah throwback. This was taken at Lemos Farm in Half Moon Bay, California last year. Hannah and Katie’s first time visiting a real pumpkin patch! Although Katie was fairly young at the time and obviously won’t remember it…

Again, one of the very best parts of the Sally dress is the pockets. Nothing better than big pockets, except maybe big pockets with a contrasting/coordinating fabric. So much fun!

For Hannah’s Junebug dress, I used Riley Blake’s Halloween Parade Spider Webs. I really wanted the purple but it was on backorder at fabric.com until November, and I obviously would have no use for it then, so I went with the gray. Thankfully I had some pink buttons on hand because pink is pretty much all Hannah wants to wear these days. The black, white, and gray wasn’t going over too well at first…I think she’s getting over it now… The other day she insisted on wearing neon pink head to toe and could not be persuaded otherwise. Sheesh!

The Junebug dress holds a special place in my heart. This pattern is by Jess from Craftiness is not Optional, my favorite blog of all time! When I was first thinking of learning to sew baby clothes, I found her site and instantly fell in love with the Junebug dress tutorial. I made one using a self drafted pattern, which looked cute but was horribly proportioned and unwearable. I had always wanted to revisit this dress but just haven’t until now. And now there is a pattern, so no more self-drafted patterns this time around! I love the classic look with the buttons on either side of the front placket and the adorable puff sleeves. It doesn’t get much better than this in my book.

There are only two minor downsides to this dress. The first, that I sewed a size 3 instead of a size 2. Hannah is pretty petite for her age and in between the sizes, so it’s a little roomy. Since it’s a Halloween dress, I could have made it a size smaller for a closer fit without worrying about her outgrowing it quickly. Afterall, it will get put away for Katie for next year in a matter of weeks.

The second downside was that it wasn’t as full of a skirt as I typically prefer, which is partially my own fault. I eeked this dress out of only one yard of fabric! Awesome way to maximize yardage and minimize expense, but the result is a slightly slimmer skirt than the pattern calls for. The next time I sew this dress, I’ll likely make it fuller than even the pattern calls for. I prefer a twirlier skirt and I have found that gathers look nicer and more even with more fabric. But it’s a super cute dress and I love it in spite of these two itty bitty regrets!

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